MoveOn director blasts superdelegate harassment

[workinclasszero]

MoveOn director blasts superdelegate harassment
By NICK GASS 04/13/16 08:52 AM EDT

The Washington director of the progressive advocacy group MoveOn.org, which voted to endorse Bernie Sanders earlier this year, denounced strongly on Wednesday efforts by un-allied Sanders supporters to threaten superdelegates backing Hillary Clinton.

“I have to say we should leave harassment of superdelegates to the Republicans. They seem to have that market cornered. But frankly, there’s no place for harassing anyone, really in either party in American politics. This should be a contest of ideals and issues," said Ben Wikler in an interview with CNN's "New Day."

Over the weekend, NPR reported on a man named Spencer Thayer who launched a website on April 4 initially titled "Superdelegate Hit List," soliciting contact information for Clinton superdelegates in order to get in touch with them and persuade them.

http://www.politico.com/blogs/2016-dem-primary-live-updates-and-results/2016/04/superdelegate-harassment-moveon-ben-wikler-221881

[MADem]

1. A lot of them seem to congregate here. Maybe they'll take this admonition to heart. nt

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

6. I wish

But frankly I doubt it.

[CalvinballPro]

2. Took his sweet-ass time before doing it though, didn't he? nt

[workinclasszero]

8. They are probably seeing the writing on the wall

IOW, Bernie failed and Hillary will be the democratic nominee.

So now MoveOn is playing both sides of the street.

Jerks.

[upaloopa]

11. As will Thom Hartman and TYT

All the progressive organizations that lost our support because they supported Bernie will have a come to Jesus moment.

[workinclasszero]

12. Real soon I hope

I will never look on these groups the same way as I did before the primary though.

[otohara]

17. Me Neither

Especially mild mannered Hartmann who has gone full blown nasty on HRC and her supporters.

[workinclasszero]

20. And those idiots at TYT

[Stand and Fight]

3. Why is the damn media so far behind on stories?

Sanders taxes? Way behind.
The Superdelegate Hit List? Way behind.
Sanders' lack of depth on issues? Way behind.
Heck... Vetting Sanders appropriately? Way behind...

Instead they've been spending their time in adulation.

[workinclasszero]

5. They needed a horse race

for ratings. SMH

[Lucinda]

16. + 1 bazillion

[workinclasszero]

22. MSM is a joke in this country today.

All they care about is ratings....period.

[stopbush]

4. Maybe Mr Wikler should have considered that this kind of crap

would happen before launching their ridiculous campaign against the super delegates.

[CalvinballPro]

10. I thought "unintended consequences" didn't happen to progressives... nt

[Her Sister]

7. Should we all find our own States other Party primaries and vote in them too!

Green Party
American Workers party
Libertarian party
Independent Party
Socialist party
Communist Party

Is that OK??? Cool!
Do we have a right!
Isn't that democratic?
Can we just go ahead and decide their primaries?
Heck what about all those Republicans who are being disenfranchised?
Let them vote too!

[NurseJackie]

9. Such tactics are immature and more likely to harm Bernie than to help him. But then again ...

... every day, I become more and more convinced that Bernie's campaign isn't about actually winning the nomination at all.

So perhaps their aggressive actions and harassment kinda does make sense: the same way that a toddler's public temper tantrum at the grocery store candy rack "makes sense" to the toddler. ("I want what I want and I want it now, and if I can't have it now, I want the whole world to know I'm unhappy about it.&quot

[BlueMTexpat]

13. Tantrums, tantrums everywhere.

And it is those who don't even belong to the Democratic party who are making them, just because we who are lifelong Dems won't roll over and capitulate to their every demand. Love your Bad Seed gif!

[NurseJackie]

14. :-)

Thanks!

And that painting... it's really... uh... SOMETHING! (No, wait... "disturbing" is the word I was looking for.)

[otohara]

18. OMG

that's beautiful.

[pandr32]

15. Too bad they endorsed the way they did

...online voting. Now they have this conflict of reason and ethics.

[72DejaVu]

19. Hey, where did all those fleas come from?

Must be from the dogs they laid down with.

[UtahLib]

21. A little late in castigating their minions for acting on vibes exuded from their leader. eom

[Number23]

23. Good Lord. These people are GONE. I mean with a capital freaking G

I've never seen such unhinged behavior.

[Cha]

24. Good! Thank you for this, workin'